So... Who Is #1?

• From: ratatosk22
• Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 10:03:06 -0700
• Message-ID: <000TD16EA.000D2L324.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

First, congratulations to Chicago for going
undefeated and winning their third NAQT ICT. Congrats also
to Princeton and Pittsburgh for their undergraduate
and D-2 titles. (Did Matt W play in D-2? I thought
once you were on a team that qualified for the D-1
ICT, you became ineligible for D-2? If Matt was not on
the D-2 team, that's all the more impressive for the
school in general.)

Anyway, this question is for
the 10 or 12 people who still care about polls and
rankings :). As Chicago won the ICT (presumably led by
Cincinnatus Yaphe), who would you make #1: Chicago or
Michigan?

Had Andrew played a relatively full schedule this
year, I don't think there would be a lot of debate, but
the fact is that Chicago without Andrew drops a
couple spots (to 3 or 4). If Andrew could have played
ACF, I would have favored Chicago to beat Michigan
(though certainly it would not have been a done deal).
Yet arguments also have to be made for depth
(Michigan did finish second AND third at the ICT) and
overall season performance (13 victories, including ACF
Nationals, with their highest team _never_ finishing lower
than second).

Thus perhaps co-#1 is in order,
but if I were to choose, I would choose Michigan for
the whole year's work, even though Chicago with
Andrew may in fact be a better team...so hard to say,
both teams are in a class by themselves.

Just
some thoughts, and in the grand scheme of things, both
teams are national champions anyway.
-Adam